Emergency import diabetes drug price stalemate

PBAC gives OK to imports of drought-stricken Ozempic and Trulicity but won’t allow supplier to charge higher price  Emergency imported supplies of overseas supplies of shortage-plagued Ozempic (semaglutide) and Trulicity (dulaglutide) seem unlikely to be forthcoming with the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) agreeing in principle to the imports but objecting to the quoted higher